Cabinet to discuss final report on abolishing death penalty

A comprehensive report by the Special Committee to Review Alternative Punishments to the Mandatory Death Penalty will be tabled in a cabinet meeting for consideration and approval.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law) Takiyuddin Hassan said this in a parliamentary written reply to R Sivarasa (PH-Sungai Buloh) yesterday.

"In general, the final report (by the committee) contains...